Here's my model showcase done in a Tuscan ambience. LJT Designs designs and builds new homes and additions, remodels kitchens, baths, basements. Additionally we sell furniture, custom design window treatments and bedding...etc. everything but windows!!!
2. “Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.”
– Frank Lloyd wright
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4. “Architecture is like a mythical fantastic. It has to be experienced. It can’t be described. We can
draw it up and we can make models of it, but it can only be experienced as a complete whole.”
– Maya Lin
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7. “The details are not the details. They
make the design.”
– Charles eames
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15. “Design is not making beauty.
Beauty emerges from selection,
affinities, integration, love.”
- louis kahn
16. You are greeted at The entry by An 11’6” tall arched custom hand carved 9’
mahogany front door with seeded glass transom and sidelites
17. “Design must seduce, shape and more importantly evoke an emotional response.” – April greiman
18. The model showcase is all
about scale as this home
has soaring ceilings and
large spaces. hence, All
furniture selections
were oversized and
grand.
Natural light pours
through the 14’ tall
arched window into the
21’ vaulted beamed ceiling
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20. the massive fireplace is
topped with a 7’ tall mirror
“There are three responses to a piece
of design – yes, no, and WOW! Wow is
the one to aim for.”
– milton glaser
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21. “All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or
stimulates the persons in that space.” – Philip Johnson
22. A WARM SUN-KISSED tuscan
ambience is creatED through
DISTRESSED FINISHES – a
stuccoed glazed wall finish,
solid bronze rocky mountain
hardware and knotty alder
floors, woodwork and
doors.
The design challenge posed by
vast spaces with high ceilings
requires using furniture or
other design elements which
visually fill the space so it
does not feel empty and cold.
23. The Living and dining rooms were combined - great for entertaining
24. “Architecture is really about well-being. I think that people want to feel good in a space … On the
one hand it’s about shelter, but it’s also about pleasure.”
– zaha hadid
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26. A massive chandelier adorned
with large crystal prisms
hangs above the dining table
27. Two 9’4” tall curio cabinets flank the double french doors with
seeded glass which open to the kitchen
31. Angled arched opening
leads to the heart of the
home where everyone
congregates: the kitchen,
sunroom , family room
and hallway
32. The Kitchen, breakfast nook and sun room have 10’ beamed/stuccoed ceilings.
the 11’ sunken family room is ‘separated’ with a knee-wall planter.
33. “A designer is a planner with an aesthetic sense.” – Bruno munari
34. “Design is not style. Good design is a renaissance attitude that combines technology, cognitive science, human need and
beauty to produce something that the world didn’t know it was missing.”
- Paola Antonelli
35. an enormous 9’ x 9’3” island is great for buffets, doing homework, etc.
The island also serves to separate others from the chefs work triangle
36. Double kohler sinks create the clean up area with the dishwasher left of the sinks
across from island cabinets with pull out trays for dishes and glasses
37. Two-toned, Stained and black distressed Knotty alder cabinets create
visual interest in a large kitchen
43. The 11’ sunken family room has a 9’ wide stone fireplace and A 25’ wall of glass
which opens to a sunken patio for unobstructed views of the golf course
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46. a 92” high alder armoire houses a tv and audio equipment
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48. The hallway on the right leads to the powder room , garage entry, closet,
office and full bathroom adjacent to the office/4th bedroom
49. The Powder room was
finished in a warm terra
cotta venetian plaster
and has a hand carved
mahogany vanity
complemented by bronze,
gold and crystal sconces
and a matching ceiling
fixture.
51. a Built in cabinet topped
with a black brushed and
chiseled edge granite is
encased in an arched
opening off the garage
entry
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53. the garage entry greets
you with a 9’ tall clock
flanked by botanical
prints.
54. Opposite the built in
cabinet lies a large
custom closet with
mirrored doors
55. Every closet in this home was custom built in knotty
alder to match the millwork throughout the house
56. A Full bath is located
across from the office
which could also be used
as a guest room
Oil rubbed bronze faucets
and sconces are wall-
mounted in the custom
arched etched mirror
69. Double door entry opens to the 1000+ square foot Master
bedroom suite At THE TOP OF THE STAirs
70. 13’6” high ceiling is Vaulted and
beamed.
custom drapery and bedding
designed by ljt
A 12’ high by 12’ wide custom
arched door leads to an
exterior balcony
overlooking the golf course
75. The acanthus leaf detail on
the Iron chandelier is
repeated in the drapery
treatment, mirrors above the
night stands, ironwork on
the armoire and the balusters
on the exterior balcony
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77. Arched opening leads to the sitting room, his and her master walk-in
closets and master bathroom
78. Master bedroom sitting room, make-up area and closets
The beamed vaulted ceiling is 11’6” high
79. His and hers walk in closets are located behind the mirrored doors
82. A recessed alcove houses The make-up area
(note a cozy ‘yoda’ [ kitty] on right...)
83. DOUBLE DOOR ENTRY WITH
A SEEDED GLASS TRANSOM
WINDOW leads to the
master bathroom
84. The master BATHROOM IS
TILED IN HONEY ONYX
DOTTED WITH BLACK MOSAIC
TILES.
THE hand painted VANITY
WAS created by piecing
together three separate
VANITIES and topping them
wITH BLACK GRANITE
119. STAIRWAY TO THE 2700
SQUARE FOOT LOWER
LEVEL WITH ABOVE GRADE
ENGLISH WINDOWS
120. The lower level has above-ground windows, 2 masonry fireplaces, full bath, living room
or potential additional bedroom, media room, exercise room or office, 4th bedroom or
office, partially finished but designed kitchen area and dining/card game area
139. UNFINISHED but DESIGNED KITCHEN/BAR AREA TO HOUSE TWO 24” WINE COOLERS on
back wall; UNDER-COUNTER REFRIGERATOR ON LEFT, MICROWAVE OVEN AND
ICEMAKER ON THE SEATING WALL AND SINK AND DISHWASHER ON THE RIGHT
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142. French doors and sidelites with seeded glass open to 4th bedroom or
office. Shades could be installed on glass for privacy.
